Mia's Baby Teeth

Mia's Baby Teeth

As we were at Mia's class party the other day, Daddy asked every child as they came to his station to smile so he could see their teeth.  Out of 21 children guess how many still had all their baby teeth?  Only 2!  Mia and Juan (They are also the smallest two kids in the class. Don't know if it has any thing to do with it).  Daddy wants Mia's baby Teeth to stay right where they are forever, maybe it is because she is our last or maybe he is just fear-full of how she will look when they fall out, but he is glad they are all still in place and not even wiggling.  Another few months he hopes, but she will not be our baby forever!!

Bunnies

The Bunnies are getting "BIG". 

Mia and Frosty.

She used to be very small-  And the bunny was too!

 

Cayden and Gunner.

We hope to get all the bunnies pregnant in January so we have baby bunnies for Easter- we will see!

Basket Ball 2012

Basket Ball 2012

Brenner loves playing "Ball" this year. 

Go Brenner!

Under the Tree

Under the Christmas Tree- 2012

We had a great Thanksgiving but no pictures to prove it! 

Great food and family.

Truly thankful for all we have near and far!

Here are the kids sleeping under the Christmas Tree as tradition holds- what fun!

Cirque Du Soleil- Totem

Cirque Du Soleil

What a great night!

The staging, acts and music were all spectacular and we all had a nice time in downtown Atlanta under the huge yellow and blue "Big Top". 

 Mimi and Granddaddy joined us and made it all the more fun- Granddaddy as one more clown!

All the kids decided they want to be "carnies" when they grow up- great!

Voting 2012

-Voting in 2012-

We waited over two and a half hours to vote in this years early election.  Was it worth it in a state that will go republican in the Electoral College? Who knows but we cast our ballots anyway!

Go Mitt Romney!!!

Brenner turns 12

Brenner's 12th Birthday

 Brenner decided he wanted to go back to six-flags for his 12th Birthday.  He decided to take one of his  favorite friends- James.  Everything was decorated super spooky and here they are in front of the fountains running with blood!

 Superman is one of the great roller coasters at the park along with Goliath, Mind bender, Batman, the Scorcher and many other great rides! The boys had a great time! 

Brenner and his cake that Mom decorated to look like one of his drawings.

Happy Birthday Buddy!

Halloween 2012

-Halloween 2012-

 Mia and all the "Babies" at the Monroe Halloween Party.

 Mia, Ella and Lindsey at the Sugar Hill Halloween Party.

 Making Spooky Halloween Cookies!

 Trick or Treating with the Tuckers- Do you see the Black Morph?

The best part of Halloween every year has got to be the trading!

I will give you some milk duds for that full size butter finger!

What Fun!

Fall Camping

-Fall Camping-

 The kids and Daddy and pigs in blankets- yummy!

 What fun!

The Allred's, Brown's, Taylor's and the Thomas'es made the weekend great! 

All the kids friends.

 Daddy and Mia.

 Cayden and the boys.

Brenner and the A and F boys.

 All the Girls.

 

And the Boys.

September and Club FHE

-September- 

And Club FHE

I am so glad that the month of September has come and gone!

It was CRAZY!

The month was devoted to everything Club FHE.  We had two shows in Provo and Sandy and and a third follows in October in St. George.  We did very well and exceeded our expectations in every way.  The house has been a complete mess the whole month plus and we all have been very busy.  Thanks to  all who have played small parts and big parts in helping us grow!

New Posts, But into the past...

New Posts, But into the Past...

As the years go by and we and our kids seem to get older and older I want more and more of what has gone before. As Scrap booking has become somewhat something of the past (we love the ones we have, but to keep up with them- Really?), our family blog has become our priceless Scrapbook, Journal or Family Record and it needs to be complete.  I don't know when this will happen for sure, but two more years have just been added and it makes me feel positive that the rest will come at some time.  It is only a picture or two a month and some simple words but it is a start to reach into the past.  So Go and have fun looking back at 2007 and 2006, I now I did! 

Kitties... Again!

Kitties... Again!

 Our resident wild cat Socks (AKA: Ho Tramp) has come by the house to show off her new litter.  They are very cute as you can see, but Daddy is starting to wonder, how many cute kitties that turn into cats do we need running around the neighborhood?

As you can only tell, Brenner, Cayden and Mia are very excited that they are around and I am not sure that any of them have even feed, watered or thought about their bunnies since the kitties arrived.

Socks needs to be fixed- Where is Bob Barker when you need him!

End of Summer

-Summer Comes to an End-

 Well all good things seem to come to an end in one form or another and so to comes an end to our "Summer of Traveling FUN".  We saw all kinds of neat "Southern" stuff, and it turned out to be just a lot of fun.  Many great memories were made and lots of special family time was had that is just priceless to us.  We saw everything we set out to see except South Carolina and we will pick that state out in the future.  This is a picture of the kids with the Taylor's up at the lake and was the last trip of the summer!

 The Kids and the Dads out in the water.

 We have been watching lots of Olympics and here the kids are watching and getting their school supplies ready for the first big day back.

 The Kids on the first Day of School.  Brenner is in Middle School and seems to like changing classes, his locker, and no recess.

The kids also had their Swimming Banquet recently and all came away with lots of ribbons and hardware.

FAMILY SUMMER TRIP #5

North Carolina

 Gatlinberg and Pigeon Forge

The kids in front of the border sign.  They did not want to get out of the car so I am surprised I got them to half-smile. =)

 The Smokey Mountains are very beautiful, not quite the height and rocky feeling as the Rockies out west but Green, and thick with foliage of all kinds and did I mention GREEN! The "smoke" that you see in the background never seems to go away and they are truly a sight to see!

If you squint, you can see an Elk in the background of this picture.  Below Daddy got a little closer for a better picture, soon after a ranger came buy and kept everyone far back.  Um- Alta Smith and a broken shoulder anyone?

 As close as I dared to get- Very impressive!

We also saw a Black Bear cross our path about 50 feet away, all except for Mia who did not see him before he ran into the trees.  She was very sad for about 5 minutes.

 The Smokies are truly beautiful!

 On the state line between North Carolina and Tennessee.

 The Appalachian Trail covers 14 states and goes from Georgia to Maine. As you can see, Maine is almost 2000 miles from where we were.  We talked with someone who had hiked the whole thing and it took him more than six months! We hiked about 20 minutes of it!?!?

 The kids and "Water".

Mia loved the "Fuzzy Moss" that seemed to cover just about everything.

 In Gatlinburg and the indoor water park, the kids loved it! 

 In Pigeon Forge and go-cart time!

 The speed racers- Mommy and Mia!

 

Brenner and Cayden pushing the gas!

 Mommy and Mia on the elevated tight turn.

Get your tongue back in your mouth!

 Brenner and Cayden on the bumper boats. Mia was too short by an inch and a half.

Does that make our six year old "small" still?

 In one of Daddy's favorite spots- the Christmas Store! It was huge and went on and on.  Think Modern Display on Steroids! As big as it was, I did not find Our Ornament here. As ornaments go, I find that I am getting very picky, they have to be just right in every way. In a latter shop I did find a very cute wooden bear that will be perfect once I add a little tag of where and when and I even found the perfect blown glass hot air balloon for our Alabama trip that I was missing! Yeah!

 That night we caught a show at the "lumberjack Feud". It was allot of fun and Cayden even got one of the "cookies" which were the ends of the wood that the lumberjacks cut during the competition. He also got it signed by the lumberjacks at the end.  The kids favorite part of the whole show- the dogs! Go figure!

 Pigeon forge and Gatlinburg are very similar to Jackson Hole but much much bigger.  There must have been eight or ten playhouses, someone said 17 Pancake Houses, all kinds of shopping and all kinds of things to do and spend all your "Extra" money on. Dolly Wood is also there and as we have been to Disney several times and all three kids have passes this year to Six Flags over Georgia, no one wanted to go. Cayden also asked if it was only for girls- Dolly Wood. 

 The Smokey Mountains are truly beautiful and a place I would for sure go back to see again.